Scent work buried containers

It's been forever!  I'm bringing this back, if for no other reason than having a place to write things down and share them.  So here's my first share, how to make AKC scent work buried containers.

The standard container is the Sterilite 15-Quart Clearview Latch Box Storage container which measures 17"L x11 1/8" W x 61/2" H with a cookie cooling rack (or possibly this one) over it.  It is traditional to pick up the container and then walk around the big box store until you find the cooling rack that fits.  This construction is admissible for trials per AKC's rules and regulations (see Section 7 on page 51.)  This is in fact what we use here in San Diego.

For fill, you will use either water in some and play sand from Home Depot in the others.

Okay, so what do you use to put your hides in? For the sand, tea strainers and kcup reusable pods are popular.  For the water, thin black hose is common.  It needs to be thick enough to hide a q-tip.  Use putty to secure it the hose to the bottom of each water container.

Happy sniffing!

(Thanks goes to Kay for the specs and the photos!)